The radio on Gilligan's Island
 

Since the mid-1960s, I have searched far and wide to find a radio that had
such good reception as the one on Gilligan's Island.

That incredible DX powerhouse of a radio could regularly pick up US mainland
broadcasters -- KDKA comes to mind -- from its location on a tiny island
located thousands of miles from the US mainland deep in the South Pacific.
Not just at night, mind you, but right in the middle of the day.

Also, this radio contained some amazing self-generating batteries. They
never ran low, despite the fact that there was no AC plug available for
charging purposes, nor did it have any type of crank-based charging
mechanism. It's possible that the batteries might have been the product of a
secret military cold-war era attempt at attaining a self-sustaining,
zero-point energy equilibrium.

I would like to get one of these radios and hopefully some of those
batteries as well. If anybody finds one on ebay, be sure to post it here.
Thanks.

Hi:

Since the mid-60's I've been looking for a woman who had the same effect on
me as "Ginger" when I was 15 or so who comes equipped with her own
wardrobe, massive high-heel collection and makeup case!

Just to keep the post on topic ... sorry can't help with one of those
super-receivers ... LOL.

Lee

Ismyer, try checking http://gilligansisle.com/radio.html

I like the voice of the female I'm listening to on radio Japan at 17825
right now.

Telamon
Ventura, California

Tokyo Rose; maybe?

I seem to remember the castaways doing something to recharge the batteries.
Didn't the professor have something where they used coconuts or something?

And you're assumption that they were thousands of miles away might not be
right. Look at the evidence:

-- they had a plain, vanilla AM radio
-- stations came in clear as a bell

Maybe they were only stranded 50 or 100 miles away from Oahu!

Bob



"lsmyer" wrote in message
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Since the mid-1960s, I have searched far and wide to find a radio that had
such good reception as the one on Gilligan's Island.

That incredible DX powerhouse of a radio could regularly pick up US
mainland broadcasters -- KDKA comes to mind -- from its location on a tiny
island located thousands of miles from the US mainland deep in the South
Pacific. Not just at night, mind you, but right in the middle of the day.

Also, this radio contained some amazing self-generating batteries. They
never ran low, despite the fact that there was no AC plug available for
charging purposes, nor did it have any type of crank-based charging
mechanism. It's possible that the batteries might have been the product of
a secret military cold-war era attempt at attaining a self-sustaining,
zero-point energy equilibrium.

I would like to get one of these radios and hopefully some of those
batteries as well. If anybody finds one on ebay, be sure to post it here.
Thanks.

"Bob Sillett" wrote in message
...
I seem to remember the castaways doing something to recharge the batteries.
Didn't the professor have something where they used coconuts or something?

And you're assumption that they were thousands of miles away might not be
right. Look at the evidence:

-- they had a plain, vanilla AM radio
-- stations came in clear as a bell

Maybe they were only stranded 50 or 100 miles away from Oahu!

Bob

Remember it WAS just a "3 hour tour"

"Bob Sillett" wrote in message
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I seem to remember the castaways doing something to recharge the batteries. Didn't
the professor have something where they used coconuts or something?

And you're assumption that they were thousands of miles away might not be right.
Look at the evidence:

-- they had a plain, vanilla AM radio
-- stations came in clear as a bell

Maybe they were only stranded 50 or 100 miles away from Oahu!

Bob

Except that (I still remember this as a kid) one time John Facenda, the one-time
voice of NFL Football films and the venerated anchor of the CBS O&O, WCAU, once did a
bit. Now, Philadelphia is a long way from the Pacific no matter which way you go.
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Radio Flyer wrote:

"Bob Sillett" wrote in message
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I seem to remember the castaways doing something to recharge the batteries.
Didn't the professor have something where they used coconuts or something?

And you're assumption that they were thousands of miles away might not be
right. Look at the evidence:

-- they had a plain, vanilla AM radio
-- stations came in clear as a bell

Maybe they were only stranded 50 or 100 miles away from Oahu!

Bob


Remember it WAS just a "3 hour tour"


In one episode a surfer arrived on the island after spending 4 days
riding a tsunami.

Terry wrote:
I like the voice of the female I'm listening to on radio Japan at 17825
right now.

Telamon
Ventura, California


Tokyo Rose; maybe?


I don't think she was woman. I read she was hung after the
war..therefore, she was hung *before* the war.




mike

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 20:58:01 -0500, "Bob Sillett"
wrote:

I seem to remember the castaways doing something to recharge the batteries.
Didn't the professor have something where they used coconuts or something?

And you're assumption that they were thousands of miles away might not be
right. Look at the evidence:

-- they had a plain, vanilla AM radio
-- stations came in clear as a bell

Maybe they were only stranded 50 or 100 miles away from Oahu!

Bob

Actually just off the coast of Oahu on an island, I believe, in or
near Kaneohe Bay.




"lsmyer" wrote in message
...
Since the mid-1960s, I have searched far and wide to find a radio that had
such good reception as the one on Gilligan's Island.

That incredible DX powerhouse of a radio could regularly pick up US
mainland broadcasters -- KDKA comes to mind -- from its location on a tiny
island located thousands of miles from the US mainland deep in the South
Pacific. Not just at night, mind you, but right in the middle of the day.

Also, this radio contained some amazing self-generating batteries. They
never ran low, despite the fact that there was no AC plug available for
charging purposes, nor did it have any type of crank-based charging
mechanism. It's possible that the batteries might have been the product of
a secret military cold-war era attempt at attaining a self-sustaining,
zero-point energy equilibrium.

I would like to get one of these radios and hopefully some of those
batteries as well. If anybody finds one on ebay, be sure to post it here.
Thanks.